Uzbek Heritage
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6 days · 5 nightsTashkent → Samarkand → Bukhara4.2

Uzbek Heritage

Price
from 8 607 775 UZS~$690

Six days of Uzbek heritage: Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent by high-speed train with full guided tours.

Key highlights

What awaits you

Full Bukhara tour: Ark, Kalon, Chor-Minor
Naqshbandi and Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa Palace
Registan, Shah-i-Zinda, and Siab Bazaar
Ulugbek Observatory and Daniel mausoleum
Khast-Imam complex in Tashkent
Afrosiyob trains between three cities

Itinerary

Day-by-day program

  1. 01

    Day 1 — Tashkent city tour

    • Transfer to hotel, check-in.
    • Old city tour: Khast-Imam complex, Barak-Khan madrasah, Tillya-Sheikh Mosque (repository of the famous Quran of Osman and the golden hair of the Prophet Muhammad).
    • Free time for shopping at Chorsu Bazaar and souvenir shops.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  2. 02

    Day 2 — Tashkent – Bukhara

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • Transfer to the station and departure to Bukhara at 07:30, arrival at 11:20, transfer to hotel.
    • Bukhara city tour:
    • Ark citadel (4th century BC), Bolo Hauz Mosque (early 20th century).
    • Poi-Kalon architectural ensemble (Kalon minaret, Kalon Mosque, Miri Arab madrasah).
    • Ulugbek madrasah (1417), Nadir Divanbegi madrasah, Abdul Aziz Khan madrasah.
    • Magoki-Attori Mosque (12th–16th c.), Labi Hauz ensemble (14th–17th century).
    • Kosh madrasah ensemble, Samanid Mausoleum (late 9th – early 10th century), Chashma Ayub Mausoleum (Job's Spring), Chor-Minor (Four Minarets).
    • Free time.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  3. 03

    Day 3 — Bukhara – Samarkand

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 09:00 Bukhara suburban excursion program:
    • Bahauddin Naqshbandi mausoleum (16th–19th c.).
    • Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa Palace (late 19th – early 20th century).
    • 14:00 Transfer to the station and departure to Samarkand, arrival at 17:20.
    • Hotel check-in.
    • Free time.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  4. 04

    Day 4 — Samarkand city tour

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 09:00 Samarkand excursion program:
    • Morning visit to Siab Bazaar — Samarkand's largest bazaar.
    • Free time for souvenirs and Eastern sweets.
    • Gur-Emir mausoleum — tomb of Tamerlane (14th–15th century).
    • Registan Square — Ulugbek, Sher-Dor, and Tillya-Kori madrasahs.
    • Bibi Khanym Mosque — the largest in Central Asia.
    • Shah-i-Zinda architectural complex (11th–15th century).
    • Free time.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  5. 05

    Day 5 — Samarkand – Tashkent

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 09:00 Continued sightseeing:
    • Ulugbek Observatory (15th century).
    • Prophet Daniel mausoleum.
    • Transfer to Tashkent by train, per schedule and availability. Arrival, hotel check-in.
    • Free time to rest.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  6. 06

    Day 6 — Tashkent

    • Breakfast at the hotel (lunch box).

Uzbek heritage is millennia of history captured in brick and majolica. In six days you will pass through three greatest keepers of this legacy.

The route is built on high-speed trains: Bukhara → Samarkand → Tashkent. Each city has a full excursion program, from Ark citadel to Ulugbek Observatory.

For those who want a systematic introduction to Uzbekistan's cultural heritage in one trip.

Tour composition

What's included

Included

  • Accommodation at listed hotels (or equivalent) in double rooms
  • (hotel registration).
  • Meals: breakfast at hotels.
  • Air-conditioned comfortable transport for the entire route.
  • 1–2 persons — sedan up to 4 seats.
  • 3–7 persons — minivan up to 10 seats.
  • Meet and greet / drop-off at airport and station.
  • Sightseeing tours of monuments in English.
  • Train tickets Tashkent – Bukhara / Bukhara – Samarkand / Samarkand – Tashkent (Afrosiyob train)
  • economy class.
  • Local guide-escorts in cities for all excursions per the program.

Not included

  • International flights.
  • Escort guide.
  • Meals (lunches and dinners).
  • Entrance tickets to listed monuments (paid on site).
  • Alcoholic and soft drinks.
  • Photo and video fees in museums.
  • Tips and porters at hotels/airport.
  • Personal expenses.
  • Other services not listed above.

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